Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Half of a house.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.